Ironing-board.



M. DEL cloPPo;

IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28. I9I8.

1 ,27 1,674. Patented July 9, 1918.

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IRONIN'Gr-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1918..

Application filed February 28, 1918. Serial No. 219,559.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHELE DEL Crorro, a subject of the King of Italy,and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, andState of New York, have invented an Improvement in Ironing- Boards, ofwhich the following is a speci cation.

My invention relates to ironing boards. It is the object of the presentinvention to provide in ironing boards such an arrangement of parts aswill render the same simple in construction and convenient in use.

By way of example I have illustrated a preferredY embodiment of myinvention in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l i's a side plan View of such embodiment partly incross-section;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same with a different auxiliarygarment-supporting device substitutedk for the auxiliarygarmentsupporting device shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a top elevational view of one form of auxiliarygarment-supporting device;

Fig. 4 is a similar view of another form of such device.

Referring to the embodiment of my invention herein shown and describedby way of example merely, l represents the base of the device which mayhave any desired configuration, but which is preferably of elongatedform, as illustrated. Secured to the base l are one or more supportingmembers, comprising preferablyv a main supporting member, indicatedgenerally by the numeral 2, and an auxiliary supporting member 3.Preferably the main supporting member 2 comprises a supporting sleeve 4having a reduced portion 5 fitting within an opening 6 in the base 1.There is thus provided a shoulder or abutment 7 which constitutesengaging means between the sleeve 4 and the base 1. Supported on themain supporting member 2 is the main garment-supporting device 8 whichmay have any desired configuration, but which is preferably, asillustrated, int the form of an elongated board of the shape usual forsuch devices. In order to properly position parts 1, 4 and 8 in spacedrelation, I prefer to employ a retaining member in the form of. a bolt 9having a head 10 attached thereto, as by being made integral therewith,and having its other end screw threaded, as at 11. To provide means forengagement between the garment-supporting' device 8 and the retainingmember 9,'I prefer to provide the lower face of the device 8 with theopening 12 communicating with the groove 13 so that the head 10 of thebolt 9 may be inserted into the opening 12 and slid into the groove 13,whereupon the bolt 9 carried by the device 8 may be passed through thesleeve 4-and its free end engaged by the thumb or wing nut 14 topositionthe parts in proper relation toV each other. In order to permiteasy manipulation of the nut 14 on the threaded end 11 of the bolt 9, Iprefer to provide the lower face of the base l with the cut away portionl5 which is so proportioned as to provide an abutment or stop 16 for thenut 14. It will be apparent, since the head 10 of the bolt 9 issubstantially circular in form, as illustrated, that while the parts 1,4, and 8 are held in spaced relation, the garment-supporting device maybe rotated so that its ends will project free of the base 1.

In order to more securely position the longer, free end of the device 8,I prefer to use auxiliary supporting means, comprising, in theillustrative embodiment herein shown and described by way of example,the auxiliary supporting member 3 already referred to. This auxiliarysupporting member preferably comprises a 'stem 17 provided witli thedowels 18 and 19 at its opposite ends, the dowel 19 litting into asocket 20 in the base 1 so as to be removably positioned therein, whilethe dowel 18 fits into a socket 21 in the auxiliary garment-supportingdevice 22a, which is therefore detachably and rotatably positioned onthe member 3. The parts are so proportioned that with the device 22a inposition on the member 3, the free end of the device 8 will bear againstthe upper surface of part 22a so as to be supported thereby when thedevice 8 is so positioned as to lie over part 22a. The part 22a is oneof a plurality of interchangeable auxiliary garment-supporting devices,the device 22a (see Figs. 1 and 3) constituting a substantially roundboard for facilitating the ironing of puffs, shoulders of garments, andthe like, While the device 22h (see Figs. 2 and 4) is in the form of asubstantially oval board suited for the ironing of sleeves, and thelike.

The assembling and use of the device will be substantially clear fromthe foregoing dcscription. After the bolt 9 has been inserted in openingl2 and slid into slot 13 of the device 8, the latter is placed over thebase l so that the bolt 9 Willpass through the bore 23 of the sleeve 4,the outer threaded end 1l of the bolt 9 passing through the opening 5 inWhich the reduced end 6 of the sleeve 4 is positioned. Application ofthe' nut 14 to the threaded end 11 of the bolt 9 causes the parts to beproperly positioned With respect to each other, the device 8 beingdetachably but rotatably positioned on the sleeve 4. Any one of theauxiliary garmentsupporting devices 22a, 22h, is noW placed upon theremovable auxiliary supporting member 3, and the device 8 is sopositioned as to bear against the upper face of the auxiliary supportingmember. When the auxiliary garment-supporting device is to be used, thedevice 8 may be rotated so as to be clear of the same, or if desired,said device 8 may be removed. 1f desired, the auxiliarygarment-supporting device then in position on the supporting member 3may be interchanged for any other suitable auxiliary garment-supportingdevice.

1t is of course to be understood that my invention is not to be limitedto the specific embodiments herein shown and described by Way ofexample.

What I claim is:

1. An ironing board comprising a base, a supporting member positioned onsaid base, a garment-supporting device rotatably positioned on saidsupporting member, an auxiliary supporting member for one end of saidgarment-supporting device, and means independent of said rst mentionedsupporting member for supporting said auxiliary supporting member, saidauxiliary supporting member comprising an auxiliary garment-supportingdevice.

2. An ironing board comprising a base provided With an opening therein,a supporting member in the form of a sleeve having a reduced portionadjacent one end thereof fitting Within said opening and providing ashoulder portion engaging said base, a garment-supporting devicesupported by said member, a retaining member passing through said sleevefor holding said base, supporting member and device in spaced relation,and an auxiliary support for o ne end ofsaid device, said lauxiliarysupport comprising an auxiliary, garment-supporting device. Y

3. An ironing board comprising a base provided With an opening therein,a supporting member in the form of a sleeve having a reduced portionadjacent one end thereof fitting Within said opening and providing ashoulder portion engaging said base, a garment-supporting devicesupported by said member, a retaining member passing through said sleevefor holding said base, supporting member and device in spaced relation,and auxiliary supporting means for said device comprising an auxiliarysupporting member and an auxiliary garment-supporting device detachablypositioned by said auxiliary supporting member. j

4. An ironing board comprising a base provided with an opening therein,a supporting member in the form of a sleeve positioned Within saidopening, a garment-supporting device detachably supported by saidmember, and a retaining member passing through said sleeve for holdingsaid base,

supporting member and device in spaced relation, said device beingprovided With a slot for engagement With one end of said retainingmember, and said base being provided With a cut-away portion providingan abutment for engagement With the other end of said retaining member.

5. An ironing board comprising a base provided with an openingV therein,a supporting member in the form of a sleeve having a reduced portionadjacent one end thereof fitting Within said opening and providing ashoulder portion engaging said base, a garment-supporting devicedetachably supported by said member, a retaining member passing throughsaid sleeve for holding said base, supporting member, and device inspaced relation, said device being provided With a slot for engagementWith one end of said retaining member, and said base being provided Witha cut-away portion providing an abutment for engagement with the otherend of the said retaining member, and auxiliary supporting means forsaid device comprising an auxiliary supporting member and an auxiliarygarmentsupporting device positioned by said auxiliary supporting member.

6. An ironing board comprising a base provided With an opening therein,a supporting member in the form of a sleeve having a reduced portionadjacent one end thereof fitting Within said opening and providing ashoulder portion engaging said base, a garment-supporting devicesupported by said member, a retaining member passing through said sleeveforV holding said base, supporting member and deviceV in spacedrelation, and auxiliary supporting means for said device comprising anauxiliary supporting member and an auxiliary` interchangeablegarment-supporting device positioned by said auxiliary supportsupportingdevice, and means independent of 10 in@ member. said first mentionedmeans for rotatably An ironing board comprising, in comsupporting saidauxiliary supporting membination, a base, a garment supporting deber,said auxiliary member comprising an vice7 means interposed between saidbase auxiliary garment-supporting device. and said garment-supportingdevice for ro- In testimony whereof, I have signed my 15 tatablysecuring said garmentsupporting name to this specification tliis 27thday of device to said base7 an auxiliary support- February, 1918. ingmember for one end of said garment- MICHELE DEL GICPPO.

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